Strainer.



C. ARNESEN.

STRAINER.

\ APPLIOATION FILED JULY 5, 1910.

1,003,410. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

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CHARLOTTE ARNESEN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

STRAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed July 5, 1910. Serial No. 570,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE ARNESEN, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and the characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen paraphernalia andparticularly to strainers, the object of the invention being to producesuch a strainer as will not drip after use and one which will be readilyand easily cleaned and also one which will be exceedingly easy tooperate in that it is provided with an agitating or stirring device andalso permits of a take down of parts in a quick and effective mannerwhen it is desired to clean the strainer.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by such structure and relative arrangement ofparts as will appear by a perusal of the following specification andclaims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete strainer. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on a line w-a ofFig. 2. Fig. 1 is a side view of a guide rod. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of a guide for a rod.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of.reference on thedrawings 1 designates the main handle of the strainer having an outerring 2 to which is secured in a suitable manner the strainer net 3. Secured at the outer end of the ring 2 is an outwardly and downwardlyprojecting rod 4 on the lower end of which as at 5 is pivotally securedor swiveled a, bottom cup like receptacle 6 supported at its other sideon a rod 7 movable through said member 6 and held in eye like guides 8and 9 on the under side of the handle 1, such rod 7 have an outeroperating handle member 10 and a stop member 11 to limit its motion toprevent it from coming out of the guides 8 and 9. By operating thehandle 10 to move the rod 7, such rod 7 may be disengaged from thereceptacle 6 thus permitting such receptacle 6 to fall clear of thestrainer net 3 and to be turned away therefrom for cleaning or the likepurposes or to permit the strainer to be used without such receptacle 6.When used however this receptacle 6 catches all the drippings after theusing of the strainer and thus the strainer can be laid aside after usewithout danger of soiling the surface on which it is placed as allliquid would be caught and held in said receptacle.

In conjunction with this strainer and catch receptacle I use a stirringor agitating means consisting of a pin or rod 12 through which is a rod13 also movable through the ring 2 and linked at its outer end to anagitating finger member 14: movable through the interior of the net 3and pivotally fulcrumed at 15 to a supporting rod 16 projecting into thenet 3 from the ring 2. To operate this agitating finger 14 a fingermember 17 on the rod 13 is operated to pull this rod 13 back and then aspring 18 connected to said rod 13 and said handle 1 pulls this rod 13back again which action causes the finger member 14: to move back andforth in the net 3 thus stirring and agitating the contents thereof. Themember 12 has stops or lugs 19 to maintain its proper position in thehandle 1.

The strainer may be constructed without the receptacle 2 or also withoutthe stirring or agitating means as desired. Or if desirable both ofthese may be used together or not just as may be found most convenient.

From the foregoing description it will readily appear that I haveproduced such a strainer as substantially fulfils the obj ects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

, 1. A strainer comprising a handle member, a ring on said handlemember, a strainer mounted on said ring, a projecting arm on said ring,a cup member swiveled on said comprising the combination of a handlemember, a vertical guide through said handle member, a ring on the'outerend of said handle member, a strainer on said ring, an

agitating finger member mounted in said strainer, a spring pulled rodprojecting through saidfvertical guide and linked to in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLOTTE ARNESEN.

Witnesses:

BERTHINE MATHISQN, FRED H. \VHITFIELD.

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Washington, .D. C.

